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vintage weddings

Need vintage wedding ideas and inspiration? We’ve got archives for 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. You may also want to check out our art deco weddings.

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Vintage snack: love in the time of war

This couple survived a five-year separation that started just one day after the wedding. But they did look fantastic in their going away outfits. Get the whole story here.

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Vintage snack: 16 children’s worth of weddings

A 1950s wedding, and 16 children later — a whole lot more weddings! Check out these gorgeous photos plus an album full of three decades of family weddings. It’s easy to get sucked into this story.

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Vintage snack: Butch Cassidy and his Sundance bride

This episode of the wayback machine takes us to 1972 where a couple takes their vows Butch Cassidy-style. Don’t crush too hard on these two. They’re both taken… for 39 years and counting.

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Vintage snack: double wedding sister act

These sisters did everything together and even got married in the same dress! Check out their matching gear, hunky grooms, and adorbs floral girls from their double trouble wedding in 1948.

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Vintage snack: a chiffon and embroidered veil bonanza

This week’s wayback machine brings us three photos from a wedding in 1951 chock full of old Hollywood glam, major chiffon layers, bridesmaid Juliet caps, and an awesomely elaborate mantilla veil! Oh to have been at this wedding!

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Vintage snack: honeymooners and a hat tragedy

This couple from 1948 jets off to their Chicago honeymoon looking straight out of a magazine. Don’t fall too hard for her hat though — it’s a goner.